well i did a # on my car today and needless to say depending on how quick i can find the parts my car is out of commission. it wouldn't be as bad if i didn't travel for work i'll have limited time to wrench. hoping to have it back on the road for this t minus 2 weeks to git er fixed.

well i did a # on my car today and needless to say depending on how quick i can find the parts my car is out of commission. it wouldn't be as bad if i didn't travel for work i'll have limited time to wrench. hoping to have it back on the road for this t minus 2 weeks to git er fixed.

just got back from the shop i ended up breaking the main oem motor mount sheared the front bracket mount off the front of the motor and the 2 bolts in the back of the motor one sheared off an ear on the block the other snapped off in the block....basically a domino effect had to grab my buddy's cummins and tow it back today. i've got it up on the lift and took an initial look at it time to start ordering parts. check out the performance section putting up some picks to show people what happens when you procrastinate on not updating the oem mount been planning on changing it for awhile and it finally bit me.

not looking good here a BFI motor mount is on back order could be weeks ordered up a bunch of parts today. pulled the injectors those are heading off to dbw. i have a feeling there is more i'm going to find as i tear into it but there is not much to do til i can get this mount back in the motor is basically hanging by the side motor bracket that is wedged between the frame and motor....not good.

Ok, so I have some really bad news. The dyno day has to be cancelled. Here is the message I got.

I have bad news. Due to some thefts on campus (about $15000-20000 worth of equipment) and to a few people miss treating the shop, rules have been changed in the entire shop area. No one is allowed to use personal vehicles in the shop anymore. I just found out that we cannot hold the Dyno Day on the 21st anymore because of the new rules. Sorry to give you this bad news, I was looking forward to helping with this event this year and seeing everyone come down.

Obviously I had no idea stuff like this was happening and feel horrible that the dyno day has to be cancelled due to others disregard for campus property.

Bummer - I hate it when a few selfish others mess things up for everyone else . Particularly as this was a fund raiser for the Clean Snowmobile Challenge - they're the ones who will really get shorted in this deal.

I also would support re-scheduling/re-locating this annual event. There is a place in West Bend, WI as well (West Bend Dyno maybe?). I don't know anything about them other than they exist.

Platteville was semi-central for a lot of people in the WI/MN/IL/IA area - Milwaukee/Green Bay not so much for the MN/IA crowd.